Brian-

I agree with you, but perhaps for different reasons. I'll not argue whether the new trigger (safety, wood or checkering for that matter) is worse (or better). The bolt-action rifle has been perfected how many different times? Is there always room for improvement? Sure. But when will the company (or companies as the case may be) doing business as Winchester Repeating Arms wake up and realize that there is a demand in the market for the old pre-'64 Winchester Mod 70.

There is an emotional attachment for whatever reason to the pre-'64 version of this rifle and I think many potential customers simply want the old one back. With modern CNC, there is no reason why that couldn't be done. Instead all they deliver to the consumer is something close coupled with marketing to get the consumer to overlook the differences.

Most of us remember when Coca Cola made the same sort of mistake with New Coke and had enough sense to reverse course when the consumer didn't buy the marketing hype.

I am not saying Winchester couldn't give this new one away...I'd be first in line, but I would not part with cash for one and Winchester couldn't trade me out of my pre-'64 if they offered me 4 of their new rifles in exchange.


Doug